Envelop-pad.



G. G. PRESS.

ENVELOP PAD.

APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 23, 1910.

1,019,275, Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

DULUMBIA PLANOGRAPM co.. wAsmNn'rDN. D. c.

GABRIEL Gr. PRESS, 0F' IIOLLOWAYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

ENVELOP-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1912.

Application filed August 23, 1910. Serial No. 578,602.

To all Lo/wm t may concern:

Be it known that I, GABRIEL G. PRESS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hollowayville, in the county of Bureau and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Envelop-Pads, of which the following'is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an offertory calendar' including a series or packet of collection envelops that are carried respectively by the leaves of the calendar and are adapted to be readily detached therefrom as desired for use, the device being quite simple and convenient and susceptible of general application.

The invention is intended primarily for use in churches, societies and the like, Where contributions of money are to be systematically made by the individual members at regular periods such as, for example, each week or month. Each member is provided with a series of envelops which are designed to receive the respective payments and which are dated consecutively to indicate the time when such payments are due. It has here tofore been the practice to place a rubber band around the packet of envelops or to put them in a carton provided for that purpose. However, these methods of holding the envelops together have been found unsatisfactory on account of the fact that the envelops may be easily displaced and are liable to become disarranged out of their consecutive order.

My improved device is designed to obviate the above objection and provides means for securely connecting the collection envelops together to prevent their accidental displacement. The calendar serves as an effective reminder when the payments become due.

With these and other objects in view that will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features of in the appended claim.

For a full understandingof the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in

which:

Figure l is a perspective view of an offertory calendar embodying the improvements of my invention; Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section thereof; and, Fig. 3 is a fragmentary face view of the backing card showing the record form thereon.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the same reference characters.

In carrying out the present invention I provide a packet of envelops l which are attached to a back 2 of card board or other suitable material. The envelops are of the same size and shape so as to be substantial duplicates. Each envelop is formed of a single sheet of paper' or blank and comprises a body 3 having a bottom flap 4f, side flaps 5, and a top or sealing flap 6. The bottom and side flaps are folded over against the body and are suitably secured together. The sealing iap is defined by a scoring line 7 that extends along its outer edge, the blank being extended upwardly above the scoring line to provide a stub orl attaching tab 8. The attaching tabs 8 are all bound together and t0 the back 2 in any approved manner, as for example, by means of stitches or staples 9. The envelops are thus held together in a very compact form and provide a pad from which they may be detached consecutively as desired for use, by being severed from the tabs 8. The scoring lines 7 considerably facilitate the detachment of the envelops and cause the torn edges thereof to present a smooth and neat appearance.

The tabs 8 are preferably folded one or more times, as indicated at 10, the folded portions being interposed between the adjacent tabs to space the same slightly apart to compensate for the thickness of the main portions of the envelops. rIhis is advantageous as it preserves the substantially uniform thickness of the pad and tends to cause the envelops to lie flat against the back 2. There are preferably fifty-two tabs and envelops, the latter bearing, respectively, the

dates of the consecutive Sundays of the' year. The tabs are relatively wide and constitute the leaves of a calendar. Each tab displays a calendar for one week of the year, said Week being the week just previous to the date printed on the envelop attached to the tab. By this arrangement, when the calendar is torn off at the end of each week, the envelop which is due the Sunday of the next succeeding week is also detached. The person is thus reminded of the contribution and prompt and regular payment is stimulated. It is to be understood that the envelops may be of single or duplex form, according as desired. Each and every envelop of the packet is stamped with the number of the contributor, in the accustomed manner. The back is relatively larger than the packet of envelops and is provided at its upper end with an eyelet l1 by means of which the device may be suspended. Above the envelops the back 2 may display illustrations or any desired printed matter.

By reference to Fig. 3, it is to be observed that the space on the back 2 behind the envelops may be used for memoranda, it being contemplated to place suitable ruling lines 12 on said space to permit an account or record to be conveniently kept concerning the payments which are made from time to time through the medium of the envelops. The envelops depend below the lower end of the backing card, whereby to be susceptible of being readily lifted to afford access to t-he record form.

From the foregoing description in con* nection with the accompanying drawing, it will be apparent that I have provided an improved oifertory calendar, which possesses to a marked degree the characteristics of simplicity and durability, which may be easily and cheaply manufactured, which is quite convenient and efficient in use, and which serves to considerably facilitate the envelop collection system now in vogue. It is to be understood, of course, that the invention is not restricted to the use hereinbefore mentioned. For instance, the calendar might be issued by ice-men, milk-men, and other merchants, as a medium for the collection of their bills, and would at the same time form a very attractive advertising novelty. The calendar might also be em* ployed for the collection of weekly or monthly insurance premiums, and for various other analogous purposes that will at once suggest themselves to the user.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A device of the class described, comprising a backing member, a plurality of envelops each including a stub portion and a closing` flap portion separable from each other by scoring lines, each of the said stub portions being folded upon itself at its free edge to form a plurality of superimposed layers, and fastening devices extending through said superimposed layers and through the backing member.

In testimony whereof, I afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GABRIEL G. PRESS.

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